As Jane Smith* originally from Riverhead, was preparing to move with her three adult children to North Carolina due to affordability issues before Christmas last year, a heart attack suddenly sent …
Friends of Lakeview Cemeteries recently released its 2025 Annual Report, detailing a year of significant preservation milestones, volunteer engagement, and growing community support across the …
The media of art, much like the beauty of flowers, is much varied, but each with their own sense of devotion and growth. The great gift of buildings of artist studios is to have the collective …
For the first time in program history, William Floyd’s girls basketball team will play for a county championship. In their third appearance in the Suffolk Class AAA semifinals under ninth-year …
Rob Cutrone, owner of the successful CoHo Coffee House in Patchogue, was setting up his new venture last Thursday at the Bayport-Blue Point Library’s café. “We are offering socially good …
The Patchogue Village St. Patrick’s Day parade sash was officially passed to Mark E. Miller of the Harbor Crab last weekend at Amsterdam’s. The late trustee Joe Keyes was last year’s grand …
The Patchogue Village Board at their Feb. 19 meeting elected to continue to take measures in becoming certified as a Climate Smart Community (CSC). The Patchogue Village Board joined the CSC …
A year-round go-to for Bellport Village residents and signature summer vibe for visitors, Brewport Coffee House on Main Street is a staple for the morning routine of fellow community members. …
The Suffolk County GOP nominated its candidates for state and federal offices during a packed-out convention at its Medford headquarters on Feb. 13. Members of the Suffolk County GOP committee …
The Long Island Advance will be hosting our first-ever sNOw Contest! After recognizing the hard work of the Bellport Village Highway Department under the supervision of Jason Crane, our …
Save The Great South Bay is launching its 2026 Creek Defender season on March 8, with a cleanup of Purgatory Creek at Kennedy Avenue and Montauk Highway in Blue Point this Sunday from 9 to 11 a.m. …
Paul Osborn’s play , “Morning’s at Seven,” is a gentle satire on small-town life, with busybodies and petty jealousies and although there may be conflict, the characters have more fun—and …
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Argyle Theatre’s production of “Newsies,” brought to you by artistic director Evan Pappas and father-son executive producers, Mark and Dylan Perlman, is a …
In about a month’s time, I’ll be touching down at Islip MacArthur airport. And though I will certainly disembark the jet, my feet may never touch the ground. I have been blessed with the …
Over 100 supporters filled the Gateway lobby in Bellport to talk to actors and directors, then took their places in the historic Barn Theater for an exuberant, sold-out Cabaret Night of songs, …
On Monday, Feb. 23, a winter snowstorm brought over 30 inches of snow to some parts of Suffolk County. Locally, the following snow totals were: Patchogue, 27 inches Bellport, 26 inches …
The Bellport Fire Department’s ever-popular St. Patrick’s Day parade returns for the sixth time ever held after a five-year hiatus, under chief Jason Crane’s direction. This year’s grand …
The Alegria South development in Bellport was awarded a $4.5 million grant from the state’s Long Island Investment Fund and a $13.2 tax break. The Carriage House project in Patchogue was awarded an …
The Long Island Decoy Collectors Association 2026 annual show will once again display and offer for sale thousands of antique decoys and other sporting collectibles. This year’s show will celebrate …
In honor of the month of love, NYU Langone Dr. Emmanuel N. Moustakakis, MD, director of Inpatient Cardiology at NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk, and Dr. Jonathan Weinstein, DO, FACC, director, Cardiac …